When all is lost take a walk. Go back tomorrow.
This might help: archive.org/details/1947...
Still blogging robertbickers.net
This is now out today with a chapter by yours truly, as well as fellow @hongkonghistory.bsky.social alumni Catherine Chan and Katon Lee. Grateful for the opportunity Catherine and Ben provided to think critically about how/why archives are created and what historians can (and can't) do with them.
The ten essays in this volume ultimately reveal the timeless interconnectedness of East Asia and the complex, non-uniform worldviews of its inhabitants.
Our Hong Kong History Centre is looking for one!
As well as the material in France, there are at least 10,300 files at the Shanghai Municipal Archives: I was once bored enough to download the catalogue and can send people the excel file if helpful. I've been meaning to put it online,
Out now with MUP 🎉 Get your copy via link manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174468@manchesterup.bsky.social#newbook#thebreak-upofgreaterbritain#mup#manchesteruniversitypress#studiesinimperialism
